Hip, Hip, Hooray for Cookies!

Happy belated Valentine's Day to all of Joshua's valentines! There has been lots going on in Joshua's world! A few weeks ago, we traveled to Fayetteville, North Carolina to see Auntie Jodi and Tio Jay. Joshua was wonderful on all the flights, usually falling asleep shortly after take off. Auntie Jodi got lots of snuggles and she was nice enough to share Joshua with Tio too! :)Joshua had a great time visiting with Auntie Jodi and Tio Jay. Of course, because Josh was in a new place, away from his bed and had not slept more than two hours at a time for many, many, way too many nights, it wasn't all rainbows and sunshine...but the tears were few and far between and there were plenty of smiles afterwards.

On Valentine's Day, we went down to Addison, NY (near Corning) to visit Chris, my mom's best friend. Joshua got to spend some quality time with Nana and Chris while Ben and I drove to Corning to wander around the town. We didn't last for long though...it was COLD! So we drove back to Chris' house and watched Joshua play with Tucker. This was Joshua's first experience with something so large, but he loved it. He loved to watch Tucker walk around the house. Maybe there will be a doggie in our future. Way, way, way in the future. :)

Joshua's newest and biggest accomplishment came in the form of a cookie. Josh's therapist brought over some Arrowroot biscuits (cookies) because she thought that Josh might be able to hold them and would like to chew on them. And he did!

I was in complete shock! He held the cookie, he chewed on it, he processed the large pieces that came off! This is HUGE for Joshua. He has an aversion to putting anything near or in his mouth. Oh, he'll put his hands or your hands in his mouth, and a pacifier of course, but he gets a little squeemish when it comes to anything else. Even spoons, spoons with food on them, are kind of iffy sometimes. So to have him hold the cookie first off...wow. What an accomplishment! But then to put the cookie into his mouth and chew on it?! Holy moly! Hip, hip, hooray for cookies!!!!

Josh has also started to make some progress in the language department. He's not saying any words yet, but he'll mimic sounds and tone. It's hard to get a video of him because whenever he sees the camera, he poses. Like this...

(Notice the red rimmed eyes? That's because he was SCREAMING 2.5 seconds earlier. The camera came out and so did the smiles. Am I a bad mom for pulling the camera out just to stop the crying? :))

So back to Joshua talking...I did get a couple videos of him "talking"...check them out. :)

So that's all for now. We're leaving for Virginia tomorrow. Ben is going down to visit a building site and Josh and I are tagging along so we can visit our friends. I'll let you know how it went when we get back!

Love,
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